Lottery buyers say. “I bought a lotto for 5,000 won or 10,000 won and put it in my wallet, so I can forget the stress of my work life and endure a week with a smile.”
South Korea, where the price of a single apartment in Seoul easily exceeds 2~3 billion won. Lotto lottery winnings that go between 1 and 2 billion won may not seem big to the rich. However, for the common people who struggle day by day, this money is’a large amount of money that exists outside the imagination’.
The minimum wage in Korea in 2021 is 1.82,480 won. Lotto winnings are equivalent to 50-100 years’ annual salary for those who received the minimum wage. It can also be money that can change the’conditions of life’.
There is a lottery store called’Lottery Myeongdang’ in Yukgeori in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do. Here, 7 people were given the lucky gift of winning the 1st lottery prize. The second place is a whopping 35 people. It is said that two more 2nd place winners came out even after making a banner titled ‘7 winners of the first prize and 33 winners of the second prize’.
Lee Doo-sung (68) runs this lotto store. Since my grandfather’s days, I have been doing business in the same place for the third generation. He is the person who has watched the joy of the 1st lottery winner closely. In addition, we tasted the beef and snow crab presented by the first prize winner.
Anyone who buys a lotto lottery at least once asks,’What kind of people will win first place?’ You must have been wondering,’What dreams did the top lottery winners have?’ I also wanted to know that.
To answer my curiosity, I met Lee Doo-seong at the Yukgeori lotto store on the 11th. With a comfortable smile, he told the story of the first-place winners as well as his’lottery philosophy’. Below is a summary of the stories that went on that day.
The day my wife dreamed of’gold ring dream’, the first place came out
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-Since when did you open a store in Yuk-geori?
“I’m born in 1953. I’ve been running a store in this location since my grandfather’s days. It’s been nearly 40 years since I took over.”
-When did you start a lotto store?
“The sales of lottery tickets began in December 2002. It is nearly 20 years since the Lottery Committee under the Ministry of Strategy and Finance started the lottery business. At the beginning of the first episode, a company that was in charge of recruiting stores came and recommended that we do a store. It must have been because I liked it.
Previously, when there was an offer for a sports Toto lottery store, buyers did not seem to think it difficult. However, I accepted the offer because the game method was simple and anyone could easily play it. When the lotto lottery first started, there were about 50 stores in Pohang.”
-I’ve been running a store in the same place for a long time.
“Following my grandfather, my father ran a Yukgeori store selling cigarettes and miscellaneous goods. Since I took over the store in my 30s while working at Pohang Steel, I have been doing business for the third generation. Before I opened a lotto store, I ran a supermarket. In the past, there was a large theater near here, and there were not a few people coming and going for training on reserve forces and civil defense, and lectures related to public officials. Before there were many convenience stores around the clock like now, the business was quite good.”
-How did you feel when the first lottery lottery winner came out?
“It was the 119th time. At that time, I was on a mountaineering, so I later found out that the first place came out of our store. However, the day before the winners came out, my wife told me,’I had a dream of a gold ring shining in front of me.’ About two years after starting the game, the first lottery winner came out.”
-At the beginning of the lottery lottery, the store also gave incentives.
“It was in the early days. I remember giving 50 million won in incentives to the store where the first prize winner came out. Then it went down to 20 million won, and soon the incentive system disappeared. I never received any incentives.”
-Lots of lottery winners came out from this store. What is the reaction around you?
“I know that the first and second place winners came out the most in Pohang. Even in the whole of Daegu and Gyeongbuk, our store, along with a store in Daegu that ranked first in Daegu and Gyeongbuk, and a store in Gyeongju that won the first prize nearly 10 times Is held in five fingers.
A few years ago, I heard a story from a person studying epidemiology, and said that Pohang Yukgeori is located in the middle of Dongbin Bridge and Seosan Tunnel, where good energy can be freely moved. There has been a long time ago a financial institution (bank) just across the street. If that’s the secret of winning the lottery, I think it’s the secret (laughs). I have inherited a store in a good land from my predecessors, so I think that I should continue to do business honestly and faithfully in the future.”
-Who is the most memorable first place winner?
“This is our 4th No. 1 winner from the 428th lottery. After checking the winning result on the Internet, I came to the store to check it again. At that time,’I got a lot of luck in this store, so I want to make a present.’ About a week later, a large courier box arrived, and there were 1.6 million won worth of Korean beef and snow crab in it.
The winner is currently in her 60s, and the relationship still continues, so she sometimes buys lottery tickets at our store. The first prize winner of the recent 939th lottery was an employee of a company in Pohang, who came and said hello. This is not easy, but I also have a heart of gratitude for their sentiment to thank them for the good luck that came to them.
“I won the 1st prize? I donate a little more, and for good things…”
-I heard that the winners of the lottery have good dreams.
“To the winner of the 428th episode, my wife asked,’Did you like your dream?’ He said,’I fell into the dark sea, but I had a dream that a turtle appears and rides it on my back and gets out of the water.’ But, such a dream Rather, I’ve always lived a good heart with a good heart, so maybe I’m lucky?”
-Who mainly buys lottery tickets.
“If the world becomes difficult and the economy is bad, the sales of lottery tickets increase. If the depressing situation persists, there seem to be more people hoping for the lottery with the feeling of grabbing a straw. But it is difficult to bet everything to buy a lottery ticket. I think it would be better to buy 10,000 won worth of money and laugh at a week with one lottery ticket in my wallet. No matter how good I say, the lottery winnings are unearned income without effort.”
-There seems to be a lot of sales as it is rumored to be’Lottery Myeongdang’.
“Compared to other stores, it sells well. It seems that our store’s lottery sales profits are higher than the average salary income (laughs).”
-If you win the 1st lottery lottery.
“It’s a fun question. I still do some social activities and donate a little. If I win the lottery, I want to donate a little bit and do a good job for the community. I will be given a lucky gift from our store and won the 1st lottery prize. When I look at those who say,’It’s really good’ rather than feeling jealous or envious, I’m thinking of living with that attitude in the future.”
-A word to lottery buyers.
“Various welfare projects that are conducted with lottery sales are beneficial and good, but if you focus too much on the lottery, it will have the counterproductive effect of encouraging the lottery. I want to give it.”
Additional text | This article is a partial supplement to what has been published in.